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• August 14, 2019 14 Aug'19

  Cloud Paks on Red Hat OpenShift a ‘bold step’ for IBM

  A top APAC executive at IBM says the move to containerise and run its software on Red Hat OpenShift is a big step forward for the company

• August 13, 2019 13 Aug'19

  Government drives surge in outsourcing spend

  Back-office transformation is a key area of focus for the government as new deals continue to flow despite economic uncertainty, according to research

• August 13, 2019 13 Aug'19

  HS2 rolls out augmented reality for staff training

  Immersive technology will support processes around the development of high-speed railway’s London super hub before it is built

• August 12, 2019 12 Aug'19

  Malaysian transport ministry calls for use of technology to solve traffic challenges

  The Malaysian government wants to tap telematics, IoT and other nascent technologies to improve road safety and ease traffic congestion

• August 12, 2019 12 Aug'19

  Department for Work and Pensions claims payments progress

  Key milestones were completed as the government department seeks to evolve its service delivery with innovations such as distributed ledger technologies

• August 08, 2019 08 Aug'19

  NHS gets £250m boost for AI and genomics

  National Artificial Intelligence Lab will work on new treatments for cancer, dementia and heart disease

• August 07, 2019 07 Aug'19

  The $10bn question: Why is the US government’s JEDI cloud contract taking so long to award?

  The announcement of who has won the US government’s controversial $10bn, decade-long cloud contract is nearly 12 months overdue. So what’s holding it up?

• August 07, 2019 07 Aug'19

  Digital transformation hampered by lack of C-suite support

  Most organisations are driving digital projects, but only a small percentage is happy with the board support they receive, according to research

• August 06, 2019 06 Aug'19

  Problems around police algorithms emerge in government debates

  Information sharing across agencies, data protection and governance implications are discussed as the government attempts to appropriately use data-driven technologies

• August 05, 2019 05 Aug'19

  CIO interview: Simon McNamara, chief administrative officer, RBS Group

  Brought in after a catastrophic IT failure that affected 6.5 million customers, the IT chief at Royal Bank of Scotland Group says the bank is now a leader in innovation

• August 02, 2019 02 Aug'19

  CDEI concludes public engagement on online targeting

  The Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation has concluded a major events programme supporting one of its upcoming reviews

• August 02, 2019 02 Aug'19

  BT chief urges PM to act decisively on broadband

  BT’s new chief executive Philip Jansen says he is ready to help meet Boris Johnson’s broadband roll-out goals, but warns the cost will be high

• August 01, 2019 01 Aug'19

  London Stock Exchange agrees to acquire Refinitiv for £22bn

  The London Stock Exchange has agreed to a multi-billion pound takeover of data giant Refinitiv

• August 01, 2019 01 Aug'19

  Central government data infrastructure threatens digital progress

  Leaders across UK public sector see their current legacy technology as a key hurdle to modernisation, according to research

• August 01, 2019 01 Aug'19

  Deliveroo to build Edinburgh tech hub around acquisition of local startup

  Food delivery tech company Deliveroo is using a recent acquisition of local startup Cultivate to build a tech hub in Edinburgh